Place:

Loxley
Warwickshire

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Loxley like this:

LOXLEY, a village and a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick. The village stands on the S border of the county, 4 miles ESE of Stratford-on-Avon r. station; is an ancient place, mentioned in Domesday book; and has a post office under Warwick. The parish contains also the hamlets of Chadley, Famington, Oakham, Oldborough, and Hunscote. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2,359. Pop., 368. Houses, 86. The manor belonged to the monks of Worcester and Kenilworth. Charles I. slept at the old manor-house on the night before the battle of Edgehill. Ancient British and Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £190.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, but has been so altered as to have a modern appearance. There are a. Baptist chapel, a parochial school, and charities £5.

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for administrative units.
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Loxley has changed, please see our
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Stratford on Avon.
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Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units
covering Loxley and units named after it.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Loxley, in Stratford on Avon and Warwickshire | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.